FRISCO, Texas — Frisco City Council recently voted in favor of a Universal Studios theme park. While entertainment, per se, is a healthy and necessary part of human well being, it is evident that we seem to have an endless appetite for more and more distractions. Why is that?

Our society is obsessed with entertainment. Kids and adults alike seem attached to their MP3 players, PDAs, remote controls and other electronic devices. Newscasters and college lecturers have replaced "newsy" messages with more entertaining approaches. Is that bad? What steps can we take to keep from becoming addicted to entertainment? Find out more at:

https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/amusement-addiction-societys-unhealthy-obsession-with-entertainment

We are the United Church of God, with local Sabbath-keeping congregations in both Ft Worth and Dallas.